Fairy Senses (The Key to Embralia, Book One)
The fat, one-foot tall, miniature man with dragon wings that Kellycatches in her refrigerator, his face smeared with her fourteenthbirthday cake, is not what she imagined a fairy would look like. But heproudly claims to be a "perfect specimen". Kelly soon learns that sheherself is half-fairy, which means everything she has ever been toldabout her absent father is a lie. Who was he and why has her motherbeen lying about him? Kelly vows to find out, but her plans areinterrupted when US presidential candidate Marcos Witherings kidnapsher. He is a half-fairy too, and he wants another of his kind to helphim in a twisted plan that far exceeds a simple desire to be USpresident. Kelly escapes and flees to the underwater fairy kingdom ofGlendenland, where she must race to develop her fledgling "fairysenses" before it's too late.
Awards: 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist